The Federal Aviation Administration is currently operating a demonstration civil penalty program under which the FAA may impose monetary penalties of up to $50,000 for violations of the Federal Aviation Act or its regulations. Under the program, the FAA prosecutes violations, proposing initial civil money penalties according to the discretion of the...
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- Recommendation number: 91-8
- Adopted on: December 12, 1991
- Tags: Adjudication, Civil Money Penalties, Congress, Dispute Resolution, Enforcement, Mediation
- Recommendation number: 92-3
- Adopted on: June 18, 1992
- Tags: Congress, Enforcement
Background
The 1968 Fair Housing Act outlaws various types of discrimination in the sale or rental of residential housing. It prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin, and covers sale and rental of residential housing, refusal to deal, and a...
- Recommendation number: 93-5
- Adopted on: December 10, 1993
- Tags: Adjudication, Congress, Enforcement, Science
The Re-registration Process
The re-registration of existing pesticides under contemporary risk assessment standards, and the removal of unacceptable pesticides from the marketplace, are examples where procedures can hinder the agency’s...
- Recommendation number: 94-1
- Adopted on: June 16, 1994
- Tags: Congress, Enforcement
Audited self-regulation is defined as congressional or agency delegation of power to a private self-regulatory organization to implement and enforce laws or agency regulations with respect to the regulated entities, with powers of independent action and review retained by the agency. This self-regulatory organization is often an association of...
- Recommendation number: 82-7
- Adopted on: December 17, 1982
- Tags: Congress, Enforcement, Judicial Review
A person adversely affected by an agency rule may ordinarily obtain judicial review of that rule either by instituting a direct review proceeding against the agency in an appropriate court (pre-enforcement review)1 or by asserting the invalidity of the rule as a defense...
- Recommendation number: 85-3
- Adopted on: June 13, 1985
- Tags: Enforcement, Environmental Law, Private Enforcement
Congress has incorporated into the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and other Federal environmental statutes provisions authorizing private parties to bring enforcement actions in the Federal courts. These “citizen suit” provisions generally permit any person or organization to seek injunctions abating...
- Recommendation number: 95-7
- Adopted on: January 16, 1995
- Tags: Dispute Resolution, Enforcement, Mediation
Despite the efforts of the agencies charged with enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), there are substantial backlogs of cases at the investigation stage at many agencies, creating unusually lengthy delays in enforcement. Because of enforcement delays, many individuals are not obtaining needed relief in a timely manner and respondents are not...
- Recommendation number: 75-4
- Adopted on: June 6, 1975
- Tags: Clean Air Act (CAA), Congress, Enforcement, Environmental Law, Federal Facilities, Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act), Noise Control Act, Solid Waste Disposal Act
The Federal Government owns or operates over 20,000 facilities, ranging from huge military establishments, national parks, and systems of prisons and veterans’ hospitals to individual fish hatcheries, Coast Guard stations and research laboratories. All of these facilities are required by federal law to comply with environmental quality standards established by national,...
- Recommendation number: 71-9
- Adopted on: December 7, 1971
- Tags: Assistance Programs, Enforcement, Grant Programs
Federal agencies annually disburse billions of dollars in grants-in-aid to State and local governments and to private entities to subsidize activities in such areas as welfare, housing, transportation, urban development and renewal, law enforcement, education, pollution control and health. While State and local governments and private organizations are the direct recipients...
- Recommendation number: 71-8
- Adopted on: December 7, 1971
- Tags: Cease and Desist Orders, Enforcement, Injunctions
Cease-and-desist orders issued by administrative agencies and injunctions obtained by administrative agencies from the federal courts in the enforcement of regulatory statutes have generally been permanent in duration. As a result of this practice, many orders and injunctions now outstanding are decades old. Such outstanding orders and injunctions may serve no useful purpose...